[THEATRE] CLEMENT, De la Tragédie suite aux Lettres à Voltaire, 1784
CLEMENT, Jean Marie Bernard.
De la Tragédie pour servir de suite aux Lettres à Voltaire.
Paris, Moutard, 1784.
Two parts in one volume 8vo (198x125 mm), (4)-231-(4)-352 pages. binding : Contemporary quarter sheep, gilt-decorated flat spine. Binding rubbed, joint splitting.
First edition. Literary critic Clément's favorite target was Voltaire, whom he attacked with great virulence, waging a war that lasted nearly ten years. Voltaire nicknamed him "the inclement" and overwhelmed him with insults.